Hopper - Will PTAT work if I cannot access local channels via Dish?

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rherdman

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Mar 5, 2009

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Columbus, OH

• Mar 21, 2012

• #1

We just moved to a new apartment and when I had the Dish installer come by to hook up my 722, we found out that our regular satellites were blocked 100% by trees so he had to point a dish to a different source (61.5 I think) but that left me with no local channels (other than the OTA adapter which works fine - our locals are in Columbus Ohio). We usually are recording 2-3 things off of network TV every night so this is a problem.

So, I started reading up on the PTAT feature of the Hopper which would solve my problems... but I wonder: since I cannot access my locals via my Dish will PTAT work for me?

Thanks.

 

LER

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Sep 28, 2003

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Round Rock, TX US

• Mar 21, 2012

• #2

No, it will not. It needs Satellite Delivered HD Locals.

 

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CK SatGuy

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Feb 7, 2011

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The Motor City

• Mar 21, 2012

• #3

Columbus HD locals are only on 129. If 129 is blocked, then you're out of luck. You said one of your dish got moved to 61.5. There's no HD channels on that sat anymore. I would double check your whole setup to see if you aren't missing anything else. SatelliteGuys.US_TheList - Dish Network Columbus, OH

 

John Kotches

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Nov 21, 2003

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Troy, IL (STL Area)

• Mar 21, 2012

• #4

LER said:

No, it will not. It needs Satellite Delivered HD Locals.

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You should have said "yes", but the recordings will be empty

 

LER

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Sep 28, 2003

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Round Rock, TX US

• Mar 21, 2012

• #5

John Kotches said:

You should have said "yes", but the recordings will be empty

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I hope dish is smart enough to not even bother allowing you to enable it if it isn't seeing the locals transponder.

 

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rherdman

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Columbus, OH

• Mar 21, 2012

• #6

John Kotches said:

You should have said "yes", but the recordings will be empty

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Considering the state of most TV today I totally agree with that statement!

Anyways, thanks for the info. This saves me the time of arguing about how much it would have costed for the upgrade. Now I need to find my HD Homerun box and build a MythPC...